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DuPage County is vying for federal dollars that would help address persistent flooding problems throughout the area. The county is throwing its hat into the National Disaster Resilience Competition, an effort aimed at helping local communities rebuild after natural disasters, as well as implement policy and infrastructure changes to protect those areas from future incidents. The program was announced by President Barack Obama in June 2014 and is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. States and local governments that suffered a presidentially-declared disaster between 2011 and 2013 are eligible to compete for about $820 million in funding, according to the...

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DuPage County is vying for federal dollars that would help address persistent flooding problems throughout the area.The county is throwing its hat into the National Disaster Resilience Competition, an effort aimed at helping local communities rebuild...

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